Towns > Dundee > 1822 - Dundee delineated; or, A history and description of that town, its institutions, manufactures and commerce

some time, and very successfully. A former one,
erected under a different proprietor many years*
ago, not being so prosperous, has been since de-
molished.
Bricks are made in the place still ; and at one
time salt and kelp were manufactured, — the last
in very small quantities, from the deficiency of
sea-weed. The supplies of salt for the inhabitants,
and kelp for the soap work, are procured from
other quarters ; the salt commonly from the Firth
of Forth, and kelp from Orkney or Shetland.
For the accommodation of the merchants and,
manufacturers of the place, several banking com-
panies have been established, at different times,—
viz. the Old Dundee Bank, the New, and Union,
Banks, a branch of the British Linen Company,,
and one of the Flouse of Maberly and Co.
There is an insurance company against losses by
me, &c. and agents for insurance from the several
companies in Edinburgh and London, whose names
and places of residence will be found among the
lists in this work.
Some knowledge of the rapid progress of the
trade in Dundee, may be acquired from the fbffl
lowing extracts from *the books of the Custom*
house at three different periods, at considerable
distances of time from one another.